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Titus awakes

Gilmore, Maeve. (Author). Peake, Mervyn, 1911-1968 (Added Author). Degas, Rupert. (Narrator). hoopla digital. (Added Author). Read by Rupert Degas. (Cast).

Summary: Titus Awakes is the fourth and last novel in the Gormenghast series and was finished by Peake's widow, Maeve Gilmore. In this last novel, Titus has left the world of Gormenghast behind, but he remains haunted by memories of his former life. Journeying from snow-covered mountains to archipelagos strewn with coral reefs, he awakens his senses but fails to conquer his aching sense of solitude. A mesmerising novel, Titus Awakes celebrates and mourns both the passing of Gormenghast Castle and the life of its creator.

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  • ISBN: 1843795728 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
  • ISBN: 9781843795728 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 34 min.)) : digital.
    remote
    access
    electronic resource
    electronic
  • Edition: Abridged.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Naxos, 2011.
  • Distributor: Made available through hoopla

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Restrictions on Access Note:
Digital content provided by hoopla.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Rupert Degas.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Nobility -- Fiction
Genre: Fantasy fiction.

Summary: Titus Awakes is the fourth and last novel in the Gormenghast series and was finished by Peake's widow, Maeve Gilmore. In this last novel, Titus has left the world of Gormenghast behind, but he remains haunted by memories of his former life. Journeying from snow-covered mountains to archipelagos strewn with coral reefs, he awakens his senses but fails to conquer his aching sense of solitude. A mesmerising novel, Titus Awakes celebrates and mourns both the passing of Gormenghast Castle and the life of its creator.

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